Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-11-02

/ dsy evening.
william Thompson Of near Nc Ali-tervilIs
died on Sunday morning the both OF Oct.
aged So years, 10 months and % days. He
took the hiccoughs on Sunday the 23rd
gIt., which continued during the day and
following night. They prostrated him
and he remained sick all week Until the time
Of his death A year OF so ago Mr.. Thonp-
son bad a stroke OF paralysis. Funeral
took place on Tuesday at one O'Clock.
The corn huskirg in Juniata Co.
has been fastened along this season
with more than usual activity. In
past years many farmers were slow
to husk corn before cold weather
came aud in that way were often
caught by freezing winter and 10y
deep SHOWS. There is more satisfac-
ton in having the corn in cribs be-
fore winter comes to stay.
A shocking case of depravity man
ifestol itself at Bellefonte furnace,
. Center county last week, in which
man named Poorman with a CON-
pauion named Stratt0n. at midnight.
brnte into the house Of night watch
mar Srvan. The woman took her
husbands revolver and attempted to
shoot, blt IN the scuffle shot herself
I She cl-ul- livs. She knows the men.
they are in.iail
''Spook lights" iRni;cd gas, may be seen
on certain nights, qsite near TO this place.
which has given rise to the conjecture, that
. porhvps ust-ral gas may he found here at
Ntfiiutown. Natural gas may be found
/ aryu here frU N The Clinton to the Trenton
/ LimsstuUe formation. We are in the midst
I OF the Clinton formation at Miffiiutown. but
men who aim to have given the subject
attention say the rosks in this par; Of the
state have been so cracked that the gas has
al escaped.
The Newport Ledger SAYS, not
/ long since "a Millerstown young man.
wrote two postal cards on entirely
different subjects. He then turned
! them over and addressed them. bat
by mistake placed the addresses on
1 on the wrong cards The result was
the shirt maker in Harrisburg got
Il polite invitation to take . carriage
ride in Huff Wards barouche, wuile
the young mans girl was made fran
tic by receiving the following ::
| Please send me a sample Of the stuff
your shirts are made Of
Some time after daylight on the
morning Of October 2+ Michael
Geater heard hls dogs bark Mt the
| foot Of Shade mountain, about a half
mile north Of the Lutheran church
In Be1le township. he hsstened 10
the spot, the dogs had bear treed.
/ The bear took alarm at his presence,
and came down to the ground, but 1t
/ could not endure the snaps of the
dogs and to get out of their way
/ climbed another tree NeGter shot
bruin The animal weighed l47
pounds clean meat.
Report Of Gap SebooI, for the month
ending Oct. 2Ist, 1887. Whole No.
m attendance during month, males .,
females 25 Total 80. Average at
tendance during mouth. males 8. fe-
males 81. ToraI -. Per cent OF at
tendance during month, males 81, fe-
males 90. Total 81 per cent. of at
tendance during term rill date males
81. females 80. Total 81 The fol
lowing we're present every day LIZZIE
MIhkeu, Alice Bennett, LIZZIE Bryuer,
Lotto Book. May NaEil, Ada Kidd,
Ne,;ie Magill, Annie Saylor, Annie
N.s,ll Barton Cusse. Tne following
missed but one day Daisy Gruver
Annie Sheaffsr. BeckIe BTyuer, Mary
I Brvuer. Lizzie Hoakenbsrry. Mscgie
Jacobs, L-lis Bryisr, Roy GruEer and
Frank Bryasr-
CHAs. b. AUKER
Teacher.
From the Newport News: This
season Mr.. Amos Fry, % Watts
township, raised two very ,arge pump
lin.. one weighed % pounds and
measured . feet 8 inches by 5 fset 3
, inches. The other one weighed 81
, pounds and measured . feet, 5 ucEes
gen these pumpkins be beaten II
= weight and size in Perry county, L
uy,. Watts township takes the ban
uer for large pumpkins IN the early
. STAGES OF growth they were treate1
-ary iudiEerentiy by Mr.. Fry. They
|lgG been planted in an old straw ha
n. the garden, aud ne dug them Ou
.se-.raI times while cUJitiysyiuE wHs
i Ee deemed more profitable veseta
q Ihlas. But the pumpkins would no
p Na shns rutLlesslv crowded out o
p the vegetable Kingdom and develop
Ia4 into the mammoth proportion
e here given
% "a. Bruce Ricketts, battery 1st Penn
% svlv.uia Light Artillery held a rc
70 union at Harrisburg last THURSDAY
/ The only representation from Junlat
3 %. was Jacob Heimbarn- His brotl
ss er George Heimbaoh Of Lewistown Wa
er the only representative from AiIitil
IS. Go These two brothers were the onl
n. rsuresentatives from the Juniat
,, Valley. This was the 1st batter
AZ Regiment that Pennsylvania ser
a. AGAINST rebellion in 1861. It passe
- through all the ups and do@.'s OF Il
~. wtr to tie crowning surrender OF g
rebel forces IN EITgiu!n- 1t won e
during fame 90 &c, ysourF- OI =
500 names OF men carried on T.
%" p1pers only 81 live % day, and oil ia
INT number - me. aE this reunion,
m room OF Post IS on Third stret
oi The gallant commander Robert Bru
Ricketts, was among them Georl
no Z. Heimbach of Lewistown was ch
1t sen president of the meeting :
a b Hughes of Shickshinny was eh
he seq vice president, and j. h Schme
EN- Of Reading was chosen secretary al
the treasurer
- ~.
The Wilson store at Oakland MI
was burg ari.ed one night ast week L